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Soongwon Cho^1,2, Samy M Shaban^3,4,5, Ruihao Song^1,6

¹Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

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This study introduces a wearable sweat sensor to track muscle acidity and fitness. Sweat pH changes correlate with blood lactate levels during exercise, offering a noninvasive method for physiological monitoring.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Sports Science
Analytical Chemistry

Background:

Blood lactate is a key indicator of muscle acidity and athletic performance.
Sweat offers a noninvasive alternative for physiological monitoring.
The dynamic relationship between sweat biomarkers and blood lactate for fitness tracking is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a wearable microfluidic device for real-time sweat pH and lactate measurement.
To investigate the correlation between sweat biomarkers and blood lactate during exercise.
To assess the potential of sweat analysis for noninvasive physiological fitness evaluation.

Main Methods:

A microfluidic wearable band with integrated colorimetric assays was developed.
Silver nanoplasmonic assay for lactate concentration and nanoparticle-agarose for pH analysis.
Human participant studies involving cycling exercise and simultaneous blood lactate and sweat measurements.

Main Results:

Sweat pH from actively working muscles decreased with increasing heart rate and correlated negatively with blood lactate.
Sweat pH from nonworking muscles showed no correlation with blood lactate.
Changes in sweat pH and blood lactate were observed in non-exercisers but not in regular exercisers.

Conclusions:

Dynamic sweat pH is a potential noninvasive biomarker for monitoring exercise intensity and physiological responses.
The findings suggest sweat analysis can be used for assessing physical fitness.
Further development of wearable sweat sensors holds promise for continuous, noninvasive health and fitness monitoring.